Hose storage gear with delivery function

ABSTRACT

A hose storage gear with delivery function having a first joint in a reel spool to couple to a adapter to access to a liquid source; liquid being guided from a first leading duct into a second leading duct where another adapter and hose being connected to a second joint in the second leading duct to deliver the liquid.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Technical Field of the Invention

The present invention is related to a hose storage gear, and moreparticularly to one allows the retracted hose still be capable ofdelivering liquid.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings, a hosestorage gear 1 of the prior art is comprised of a first bracket 10, asecond bracket 11, a reel 12 and an operating member part 13. Wherein, agrip 101 extends from the top of the first bracket 10, and a frame 102disposed with multiple hollowed parts extends from the bottom of thefirst bracket 10. An opening 103 is disposed in the mid of the frame 102and a pair of footages 104 is provided at the bottom of the frame 102.Furthermore, multiple sleeves 105 and matching studs 106 arerespectively provided on the peripheral of the grip 101 and in the pairof footages 104. The form and the structure of a second bracket 11 isidentical with that of the first bracket 10 with the only exception thatmultiple sleeves 115 and matching studs 116 provided to the secondbracket 11 are at where alternatively with their counterparts on thefirst bracket 10. A hollow casing pipe 121 is inwardly formed on thewall of the reel 12 and a spool 123 is provided to a central partition122 of the reel 12. The operating member 13 is comprised of an insertionpart 131 and a rocker 132.

One end of the spool 123 of the reel is inserted through the centralopening 103 in the frame 102 of the first bracket 10. A central hole 113in the second bracket 11 is inserted into the other end of the spool 123of the reel 2 while those sleeves 105 and matching studs 105 from thefirst bracket 10 are respectively engaged with those matching studs 116and sleeves 115 from the second bracket 11 with of those sleeves 105,115 each secured externally with a screw to fasten to theircorresponding studs 106, 116. Accordingly, the first bracket 10, thesecond bracket 11 and the reel 12 are incorporated in one piece. Theinsertion part 131 of the operating member 13 is made in a shape thatcan be inserted into that of the inner diameter of the spool 123 of thereel 12. Upon dialing the rocker 132, the reel 12 rotates as driven bythe insertion part 131 inserted into the spool 123 to complete anassembly of the hose storage 1 gear of the prior art.

In practical use, one end of a hose A is inserted into the casing pipe121 and the rocker 132 is operated to execute rotation at its originalplace, thus to drive the reel 12 to execute synchronous rotation to windup the hose A for storage.

However, the hose storage gear 1 is prevented further improvement forthe disassembly of the hose A and the application of the delivery of afluid (gas or liquid). When the service of the hose A is required, itmust be fully pulled out of the hose storage gear 1 and one end of thehose A is connected to a liquid supply source, such as a tap, fordelivering the fluid. When the hose A is not desired, it is retracted tothe storage gear 1. Such an application of the prior art is limited onlyfor the purpose of storage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a hosestorage gear that is capable of delivering the liquid even with the hoseis retracted to the storage gear. To achieve the purpose, a first jointis provided in a spool of a reel to connect to a adapter to access to afluid source and the fluid is delivered through a first guide duct inthe first joint to a second guide duct of a second joint where isfurther connected to another adapter and a hose.

The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction tothe present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects ofthe present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which willbecome apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detaileddescription of the invention and the claims should be read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specificationand drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similarparts.

Many other advantages and features of the present invention will becomemanifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to thedetailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which apreferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of thepresent invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a hose storage gear of the prior art.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hose storage gear of the prior art.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a hose storage gear of a preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the hose storage gear of the preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a reel of the hose storage gear of thepreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a local part of the preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing that the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention is in service.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and arenot intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of theinvention in any way. Rather, the following description provides aconvenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of theinvention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made inthe function and arrangement of the elements described without departingfrom the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention related to a hose storage gear with delivery function includesa first bracket 20, a second bracket 21 and a reel 22. Wherein, bothbrackets 20,21 are in symmetric to each other. A grip 201 extends fromthe top of the first bracket 20 and a frame 202 disposed with multiplehollowed spaces extends from the bottom of the first bracket 20. Acentral opening 203 is provided in the mid section of the bracket 202and a pair of footages 204 is formed at the bottom of the frame 202.Multiple sleeves 205 and matching studs 206 are respectively provided onthe peripheral of the grip 201 and the pair of footages 204.

The shape and structure of the second bracket 21 are identical with thatof the first bracket 20 with the only exception that multiple sleeves215 and matching studs 216 provided to the second bracket 21 arealternatively arranged in relation to their counterparts of thosesleeves 205 and matching studs 206 from the first bracket 20.

A spool 221 is externally extends from a partition 220 from the reel 22and the outer diameter each of both ends of the spool 22 is identicalwith the inner diameter of the central opening 203, and also identicalwith the inner diameter of a central opening 213 in a frame 212 of thesecond bracket 21. Now referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, multiple holes insidethe spool are not connected through one another. Multiple channels 222are provided on both ends of the spool 221. A polygonal insertion part223 is formed in one end of the spool 221, and a first joint 224 isformed in the other end of the spool 221. The first joint 224 contains afirst guide duct 225 and the first guide duct 225 is connecting througha second guide duct 226 externally from the edge of the wall of thefirst guide duct 225. A second joint 227 is formed at the outlet of thesecond guide duct 226. A recessed space is defined on the outercircumference of the reel 22 to accommodate the second joint 227. Tofacilitate the mold injection process for the production of the presentinvention, the second guide duct 226 externally extends from the firstguide duct 25 to pass all the way through the outer circumference of thereel 22 before turning into another direction to form the second joint227. A plug 229 is provided to block a hole 228 created on the outercircumference of the reel 22 as a result of the penetration by thesecond guide duct 226. Both of the first and second joints 224,227 maybe threaded or provided in any other form to facilitate the connectionof a subsequent device such as adapter or a fast connector forapplication.

An operating member 23 related to a disk 231 having a chute 232 formedon one side for a rocker 233 to be fixed into, multiple tenons 234disposed on the other side of the disk 231 at where close to its outercircumference, and an insertion member 235 provided in the operatingmember 23; provided, however, that the insertion member 235 is in ashape, e.g., a polygonal, that matches with the inner edge of theinsertion part of the reel.

A cover 24 is related to a ring shape provided with a central hole 241and has multiple tenons 242 disposed on one side of the cover 24.

Upon assembling, either end of the spool 221 of the reel is insertedthrough the central opening 203 in the frame 202 of the first bracket20. Of course, the spool 221 of the reel 22 may be first insertedthrough the central opening 212 in the frame 212 of the second bracket21. Whereas the process and motion are the same, only the assembly ofthe reel 22 and the first bracket 20 will be described below. Either endof the spool 221 of the reel 22 is inserted through central opening 203in the frame 202; and the central opening 203 in the frame 212 of thesecond bracket 21 is aligned to the other end of the spool 221 of thereel 22. Meanwhile, those sleeves 205 and matching studs 206 provided onthe peripheral of the grip 201 and on the pair of footages 205 of thefirst bracket 20 are respectively engaged in those studs 216 and sleeves215 from the grip 221 and the pair of footages 214 from the secondbracket 21; then each is secured with a screw from the external end ofeach set of the sleeve 205 and 215 to secure both of the studs 216,206to each other. Accordingly, the first bracket 20, the second bracket 21and the reel 22 are incorporated into one piece.

One end of the insertion part 223 of the spool 221 in the reel 22 isengaged with the insertion member 235 from the operating member 23 whilethose multiple tenons 234 in the operating member 23 are locked to thosechannels 222 provided at the edge of the end of the spool 221 to furthercomplete the assembly of the operating member 23. One end containing thefirst joint 224 of the spool 221 from the reel 22 is sealed with thecover 24 and those tenons 242 of the cover 24 are merely locked to thosechannels 222 provided at the edge of the end of the spool 221.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, an adapter 25 passes through the central hole241 in the cover 24 to be fixed to the first joint 224 of the reel 22 sothat a passage 251 of the adapter 25 is connected through the firstguide duct 225. One end of a fast connector 26 is connected to theadapter 25 and the other end of the fast connector 26 is fixed to a hose261. An access device such as a hose nozzle 28 is connected to theterminal of the hose 261. Another adapter 27 is fixed to the secondjoint 227 of the reel 22, and the adapter 27 is further connected toanother hose 271 (a band three-hole hose as illustrated, or a generalround hose) in a length as required to extend to a fluid (gas or liquid)source, such as a tap.

The fluid to be fetched for the application enters from the hose 271,the adapter 27, and the second joint 227 into the second guide duct 226;then is delivered through the second guide duct 226 into the first guideduct 225, the first joint 224, the hose 261, and finally reaches thehose nozzle 28 for application. When the hose 271 is to be stored, therocker 233 of the operating member 23 is turned to drive the reel 22 torotate since the insertion member 234 in the operating member 23 isengaged with the insertion part 223 of the reel 22. Meanwhile, theadapter 25 connected to the fast connector 26 also rotates at itsoriginal place without causing any interference to the rotation of thereel 22. Consequently, the hose 271 is wound up by the reel 22 to bestored between both brackets 20,21. On the contrary, by pulling out theterminal of the hose 271 releases it from the reel 22. Therefore, thefluid is accessible through the hose 271 whether the hose 271 isreleased from the reel 22 or not. With the garden hose for example, theuser has only to connect the hose 271 to a tap, hold the handle(combination of the grip 201 from the first bracket 20 and the grip 211of the second bracket 21) with one hand and walk around as desired andthe hose 271 is released as the user is reaching farther from the hosestorage gear. Meanwhile the user holds the hose nozzle 28 from the hose261 with another hand to water the lawn. Upon finish the watering, theuser operates the rocker 233 of the operating member 23 for the reel 22to wind up the hose 271 to retract the hose 271 to the hose storage gearwhile walking back to the house.

It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or twoor more together may also find a useful application in other types ofmethods differing from the type described above.

While certain novel features of this invention have been shown anddescribed and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intendedto be limited to the details above, since it will be understood thatvarious omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the formsand details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be madeby those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spiritof the present invention.

1. A hose storage gear with delivery function including a first bracket,a second bracket, a reel and an operating member; an insertion partbeing provided in one end and a first joint being provided in the otherend of the spool of the reel; the first joint containing a first guideduct; the first guide duct being connecting from the edge of its wallthrough a second guide duct; and a second joint being provided at theoutlet of the second guide duct.
 2. The hose storage gear with deliveryfunction of claim 1, wherein, the insertion part of the spool from thereel relates to a polygonal part compromising an insertion memberdisposed in the operating member.
 3. The hose storage gear with deliveryfunction of claim 1, wherein, the first joint of the spool from the reelis connected to an adapter.
 4. The hose storage gear with deliveryfunction of claim 3, wherein, the adapter connected to the first jointis further connected to a rotary fast connector.
 5. The hose storagegear with delivery function of claim 1, wherein, the second joint of thereel is connected to an adapter.
 6. The hose storage gear with deliveryfunction of claim 5, wherein, a hose is fixed to the adapter connectedto the second joint in the reel.
 7. The hose storage gear with deliveryfunction of claim 1, wherein, both ends of the spool of the reel areeach provided with multiple channels; one end of the spool being lockedto multiple tenons provided in a disk of the operating member to bettersecure the operating member; and the other end being locked to a coverprovided with multiple tenons to block the reel.